Chest
| Chest | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Crafted Item |
| Recipe | Starter |
The Chest is the basic storage box of the valley and one of the first things every farm builds. The recipe is known from the start of the game, and it needs nothing but Wood. Each chest holds three dozen different stacks, so a few of them by the door free up the backpack for work. Chests can be recoloured at any time, which turns a row of plain boxes into a simple sorting system. Later on, a Big Chest can be placed straight over one to upgrade it without unpacking.
Recipe
The recipe is part of the starting crafting list, so no skill level or shop visit is needed. Chopping trees and branches on the farm gives the Wood. A chest can be crafted from the crafting tab of the inventory menu, so no workbench is needed. It can then be set down inside the farmhouse or anywhere outside on the farm.
Stone versions come later. Finishing Robin's "Robin's Resource Rush" special order teaches the Stone Chest. It holds the same thirty-six stacks but is built from Stone, which suits farms with more rock than timber. After that, the Dwarf in the Mines sells the recipe for the larger Big Stone Chest. Robin herself sells the recipe for the wooden Big Chest at the Carpenter's Shop.
These are the ingredients one batch needs.
| Name | Image | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Wood | 
|
50 |
Use
Opening a chest shows its storage grid next to the backpack. Items move across with a click, and the chest keeps them safe for as long as needed.
A colour bar sits above the chest's storage. Picking a colour changes the box straight away, and it costs nothing. Many farmers give each kind of item its own colour. Blue for fish, green for crops and grey for building materials are common choices. A glance across the yard then shows where everything lives.
An empty chest is easy to move. Hitting it with a tool pops it back into the inventory, ready to place again. A chest that still holds items cannot be picked up that way. It can only be nudged a tile at a time, so emptying it first is the simple route.
Notes
A full yard of small chests is the usual sign that it is time for bigger storage. The Big Chest holds seventy stacks, nearly double a standard chest. Swapping in a Big Chest is the cleanest upgrade. Placing the Big Chest onto an existing chest moves all the contents across and drops the old box, ready to reuse elsewhere.
All Crafting
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
